I once served a decorated veteran whose hands shook with age as he barely tapped his contactless card and thanked me smiley and unreservedly as he stocked up on porn. When I think about what it’s like to do my job, I think of our genuine customers – 98% of them are very respectful. I got hounded after work by a group of straight guys I’d served on their stag do and took them to a gay club where they carried me above their heads. I was once even shown an impressive head scar when a customer had brain surgery after a furious wank gave him an aneurysm. One told me, ‘I went to a funeral a week in the 80s,’ as he fixed a red AIDS Day ribbon to his shirt. I enjoy speaking to older customers for their wisdom, although some of them think we still sell books or magazines with escorts’ numbers on the back. The spectrum of people I meet is magnificent and I love that I can have banter with customers – it relaxes them when they visit. The other half – light and comfortable – is for the sex toys, like dildos, buttplugs, massagers and masturbators. We’re really not a back alley cupboard with a chain link doorway.
First, it’s brightly colourful, full of clothes and gaudy gifts – like penis-shaped everything, rainbow flags, coasters, magnets and wind-up willies. Our shop is divided with an open *ahem* passage. I was taught to help customers enhance their sex lives – from the difference between silicone and water-based lube, to the variety of toy materials and why gays value underwear brands instead of a Primark three-pack (it’s because of their loyalty to a brand, the fits being better, materials nicer, and it’s a little more sexy in their eyes). I was also surprised to discover porno DVDs sell well despite the internet.
I discovered how many types of dildos there are, as well as the importance of bendiness, firmness, curves and straightness.
I was amazed that ‘aromas’ are the best selling products, so I learned chemical names like pentyl nitrate. On my first shift, everyone was welcoming, sarcastic, lovely and savage all at once. Thankfully, I got the job at the end of the interview, although my colleagues still take the piss out of me for wearing a blazer, and sliding my fake nose ring off to scare my future boss. On the day of the interview, I panicked on a street corner before breathing, entering the store, and nervously saying ‘hi’. We will be splitting the cash with a grassroots charity closer to home. I’ve registered mild objections to these conversations, but 1) I don’t think she has close girlfriends to talk about this, and 2) I don’t want to make her feel ashamed or like she can’t talk to me.To celebrate 50 years of Pride, .uk has teamed up with Kyiv Pride to raise money for their important work in Ukraine.ĭespite war raging around them, Kyiv Pride continue to help LGBTQ+ people, offering those in need shelter, food and psychological support.
I am happy for her, but the problem, to be blunt, is that she won’t shut up to me about it! She tells me fairly graphic details about every man she dates, and even one time about a man she met in a bar and had a one-night stand with. She’s now living in a big city after graduation and is “blooming,” I guess you could say. My daughter is beautiful but very shy, and I essentially knew she was a virgin through college. My son had a long-term girlfriend in high school, and I came to realize they were having sex, so I just made sure he had the facts about safety. We started talking about sex early, and positively, and consciously kept an open line so they knew they had support if they needed it. I’m a mother of two lovely and happy kids, both in their early 20s. Is this unusual, especially this late in life? How should approach this with my wife?
At the same time, over the past few years, I have become fascinated with same-sex encounters. Over the course of our marriage, we have been very active sexually, but for various reasons over the past five or six years, our sexual activity has declined dramatically. I am a 68-year-old man who has been married to a woman for 45 years, with three grown kids. Nothing’s too small (or big).Įvery Thursday night, the crew responds to a bonus question in chat form. Send your questions for Stoya and Rich to.
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